In an article entitled "Planning the CEO Career," Becker was one of several CEOs who offered up ideas on how an aspiring CEO can beat out other competitors--including current CEOs--for his or her first chief executive post.

Becker recommended a career that exposes hopefuls to a broad range of skills and experience, telling CEO Update, "I think to be the CEO you have to be a jack-of-all-trades, ambidextrous, and maybe with attention deficit disorder."